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Oak Park board debates visitor/volunteer background checks, legal review requested and motion to summon counsel fails
Summary
Trustees debated proposed clarifications to visitor and volunteer background-check policies on May 12. The board reviewed attorney edits to policies 6012 and 7009, debated whether to have counsel appear to answer questions, and voted on a motion to summon the attorney; the motion failed.
Trustees spent an extended portion of the May 12 Oak Park Board of Education meeting debating proposed revisions and legal clarification for background checks on volunteers and visitors, and whether the district’s outside counsel should appear in person to explain how state law and policy intersect.
District staff told the board that Miller Johnson attorney Adam Blaylock had reviewed board policy 6012 (visitors) and policy 7009 (volunteers) and proposed “common-sense revisions” intended to clarify when a background check is required. The staff summary said the attorney had reviewed the board meeting video and prepared redlined suggestions; the document was included in…
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